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hiSTORYWho says so?

Who should be our next President?

• Hillary Clinton

• Barack Obama (2:00)

It is all about

PERSPECTIVE…

The American Revolution

• What do you know?

• Why did it happen?http://vmead.tripod.com/beliefs.htm

George Washington is a HERO!

George Washington is a TRAITOR!

Perspective and the American Revolution

Where does history come from?

Primary vs. Secondary Resources

Washington’s Letter

http://www.nps.gov/revwar/educational_resources/01_primary_and_secondary_sources.html

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mgw:@field(DOCID+@lit(gw100397))

General Washington at Monmouth, June 28, 1778.

http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/#central

Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth.

http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/#central

The Perspective on Washington

• http://www.historycooperative.org/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/wm/59.1/bickham.html

http://www.historycooperative.org/cgi-bin/justtop.cgi?act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/wm/59.1/bickham.html

Map of the American Colonies at the outbreak of war in 1775.

http://www.britishbattles.com/american-revolution.htm

6The Big

Step 1:What do you want to know?Ask a question…

Task Definition

Step 2:Where will you find the answers?Encyclopedia Non-Fiction BooksInternetDatabases

Information Seeking Strategies

Step 3:

Get the resources!

Location and Access

Step 4:READ!!!!

THINK!!!

Take notes!

Use of Information

http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062857/K=paper+with+pencil/v=2/SID=e/l=II/R=9/*-http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A//images.search.yahoo.com/search/images%3Fsrch=1%26p=paper%2Bwith%2Bpencil%26ei=UTF-8%26n=20%26fl=0&h=789&w=609&imgcurl=www.sbac.edu/~tpl/clipart/Education/pencil%2520and%2520paper.jpg&imgurl=www.sbac.edu/~tpl/clipart/Education/pencil%2520and%2520paper.jpg&name=%3Cb%3Epencil%3C/b%3E+and+%3Cb%3Epaper%3C/b%3E.jpg&p=paper+with+pencil&rurl=http%3A//www.sbac.edu/~tpl/clipart/cliparthumbs.htm&rcurl=http%3A//www.sbac.edu/~tpl/clipart/cliparthumbs.htm&type=&no=9&tt=22,900

Step 5:Put it all together and

make something NEW!

Synthesis

Step 6:

Check your work!

Evaluation

Internet Evaluation

• Authority- who put up the site?

•Purpose- why is the site there?

•Currency- when was the site last updated?

Online Resources

• www.britishbattles.com

• www.historynet.com (War-American Revolution-Battles)

• http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/amrev/turning/turning.html

• http://webpages.marshall.edu/%7Erowden/music.html#pausing (Ballads)

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